Mary Poppins of Education

Mary Poppins has long been one of my four favorite philosophers. Well begun is half done. Enough is as good as a feast. Practically perfect in every way. Well, maybe not the last. But the first two, certainly. I want to be the Mary Poppins of education. I want to swoop in mysteriously, dazzle with my antics and be flagrantly self-possessed without being pretentious. Then, after I’ve ducked out, teachers find that the wind isn’t the only thing that has changed. Teachers feel revitalized and happier. That, more than anything else. I want my work with teachers to leave them happier. From happiness comes everything.

My other favorite philosophers? Mark Twain, Pippi Longstocking and Bob Dylan. I too don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.